William B. Walton

William Bell Walton ( born January 23, 1871 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, † April 14, 1939 in Silver City, New Mexico ) was an American politician. Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the first electoral district of the state of New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

William Walton attended the public schools of his home and then the South Jersey Institute at Bridgeton (New Jersey). In 1891 he moved to the New Mexico Territory. After studying law and his 1893 was admitted to the bar he began in Deming to work in his new profession.

Political career

Walton was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1901 and 1902 he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. From 1903 to 1906 he was employed in the administration of Grant County. In 1908, William Walton was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and 1910 he was chairman of his party in New Mexico. A year later he was a member of the Constituent Assembly of that State. In the years 1912 to 1916 Walton was a member of the Senate of New Mexico.

In the congressional elections of 1916, he was able to prevail against incumbent Benigno C. Hernández of the Republican Party and win over his mandate in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he graduated between 4 March 1917 and 3 March 1919 legislative session. In 1918, Walton opted not to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. He then worked as an attorney in Silver City. Between 1926 and 1932 he was district attorney for the sixth judicial district of New Mexico. Until 1934 he practiced as a lawyer, then he withdrew into retirement.